[Danielle Warren]

Thanks for all the advice. I got a 1TB drive this weekend and started the compression this afternoon. It’s been running about 45 minutes, and it says time remaining is around 119:37:39. This seems like an insane amount of time. Have I done anything wrong? In FCP I right clicked the file -> send to Compressor. In Compressor, I dropped the Apple ProRes 422 on the file, it said it would come out to about 57GB. I hit submit and opened up batch monitor. I knew it would take a while, but 4 days seems excessive. Any help at this point?

[Danielle Warren]

Thank you, just bought a new 1TB drive. Once that arrives I’ll be ready to go. Thanks for all the help!

[Danielle Warren]

Sounds good, thank you! Also, it says it will be an estimated size of 57 GB! Is that right? Is there any way to get it smaller? Thanks again

[Danielle Warren]

The frame rate is 29.97

[Danielle Warren]

Thanks Joey. I know this sounds silly, but how can I tell if it’s interlaced? Going frame by frame isn’t showing me anything. My system specs are:

Macbook Pro
2.16GHZ Intel
2 GB RAM
10.5.8
FCP 7

I’m using a small USB external HD. But I also tried running the file off my hard drive thinking that was the problem, and the issues were the same there as well.

[Danielle Warren]

Kylee, thank you again. This sounds exactly right! Everything you said makes sense, at least on a very simple level.

I do have compressor, and one last question. Which Apple ProRes 422 setting should I use? There are 4 settings ready in there, 2 for Interlaced material (1 HQ), and 2 for Progressive material (1 HQ).

[Danielle Warren]

Hi Kylee,
Thank you so much for the fast response! I am not familiar with transcoding, but will look into it right away. Your information is all very useful in helping me understand this file and what I need to do with it.

When I say “can’t play” I mean two things. One, there is a red render bar when I drop the file into a sequence, but I think it is the audio that needs to be rendered because when I delete the audio or turn it off, there is no longer a red render bar. Two, the clip in the timeline and in the viewer is stuttery and doesn’t play smoothly. It may play for a second, then freeze while the timecode continues to count, then jumps to a shot seconds later. Does that make sense? I am hoping the transcoding solution will work and allow me to watch and edit smoothly. Thank you again, I will report back.